None of you have ever experienced a run away crabapple root system? They're notorious for doing exactly what that one's doing. Everything in the description and photos fit. It's not a dandelion or a privet, it's a crabapple. To get rid of it, Kara may be better off digging up the entire yard and starting over. The easier fix is to poison every sprout. Let them grow up a foot, cut them off and paint the cut with undiluted glyphosphate or brush killer.
